Snow-cutter.



J. E. DALLEN.

SNOW CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24. 1916.

1,235,445. Patented July 31, 1917.

FREE.

JOSEPH n. Darren, or irrnrolvvknn, Kansas;

SNOW-CUTTER.

' Specification. of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 24, 1916. Serial no. 133,207.

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn E. 'DAILEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Miltonvale, in the county of Cloud and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow-Cutters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a snow cutter and has for one of its objects, the provision of a device of this character, especially adapted to be attached to the cow catcher or fender of a locomotive for the purpose of cutting" through a snow drift or the like.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cutting disk rotatably supported on the cow catcher for the purpose of cutting a passage through a snow drift or the like so that the apex portion of the cow catcher or fender of the usual type may have a path drift or the like so that the snow drift or the like will be readily parted and pushed to each side of the track by the cow catcher or fender.

A further object of this invention is provide an arm bolted to the locomotive and extending forwardly of the cow catcher or fender and having its forward end bifur cated to receive the rotary cutter so that the cutter will be forced through the snow drift or the like.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a snow cutter of the above stated character, which shall be simple, durable and efficient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view, as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings. in which:

Figure 1 is a side'elevation of a snow cutter constructed in accordance with my invention, illustrating it applied to a locomotive,

" cutter;

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a locomotive having the usual cow catcher or fender 52 secured to the forward end thereof and to which my invention is applied.

An arm 3 has one end thereof bolted or otherwise secured to the cross piece of the cow catcher or fender 2 and has its other end curved downwardly and bifurcated to form a pair of relatively spaced arms 4 which are apertured and internally screwthreaded to receive external screwthreaded bearings 5 in which are journaled hubs 6. The hubs 6 are bolted or otherwise secured to a circular disk 7 which increases in thickness from itsperiphery in the direction of the point of attachment of the hubs thereto.

Secured to the arm 3 upon each side thereof are rearwardly and downwardly extending braces 8 which are in turn bolted or otherwise secured to the fender or cow catcher 2 to prevent the arm 3 from bending or twisting when in operation. To further assure the arm 3 and the pair of relatively spaced arms 4; from bending, a pair of braces 9 are bolted to the pair of relatively spaced arms a and to the cow catcher or fender 2.

In operation, when the locomotive 1 approaches a snow drift, it will be first engaged by the disk cutter 7 whereby a channel or passage is made within the snow drift so that the cow catcher or fender 2 may readily pass through the snow drift causingportions of the snow drift to pass upon each side of the locomotive, thus obviating the necessity of taking out or clear ing; tracks of snow drifts which now is the usual practice.

The bearings 5 are provided with apertures l0 communicating with the interior thereof and havin grease cups ll threaded therein for supplying the hubs 6 with lubricants. The bearings 5 beino threaded into the arms 4 provide means whereby the wear of the hubs within the cap may be readily compensated.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement Patented July 31, rear.

of parts may he made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is:

1. In combination with a locomotive including a fender, of an arm secured to the fender and extending forwardly thereof, a vertical disk journaled to the forward end of the arm for cutting a passage through a snow drift.

2 In combination With a locomotive ineluding a fender, of an arm secured to the fender and extending forwardly thereof, said arm having its forward end bifurcated to form a pair of relatively spaced arms, said relatively spaced arms having openings internally sorewtlireaded, adjustable bearings threaded in said openings, hubs journaled in said bearings, and a disk secured centrally to the hubs for cutting a passage through a snow drift.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

JOSEPH E. DALLEN.

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